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"It turns out that there is such an emphasis on pasting couplets!"
Every Spring Festival, everyone will paste red Spring Festival couplets on the door of their homes, which means that the coming year will be prosperous, safe and smooth.
But you know what, in fact, there is also a point in pasting couplets.
Especially when posting, we should pay special attention to the "three noes" principle!
Otherwise, the posted couplets are not only not blessed, but may even be laughed at by the neighbors.
So, do you know what the "three noes" principle is when pasting Spring Festival couplets?
1. Don't post the wrong time!
In fact, as early as the Qin Dynasty, couplets had already appeared.
It's just that people at that time called the Spring Festival couplets "peach symbols".
For example, the ancient poem: "Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms!"
In this way, the custom of pasting couplets during the Spring Festival has been passed down to this day.
In the past, people paid special attention to "good days and auspicious days", especially in the treatment of such a major thing as "sticking Spring Festival couplets".
There is such a folk legend that there are actually immortals living in the Spring Festival couplets, and when the Spring Festival couplets are torn off, the gods inside will return to heaven and report to the Jade Emperor about the situation of this family in this year.
Later, when the Spring Festival couplets are pasted again, the gods will bring back the blessings.
Therefore, in the past, people would paste the Spring Festival on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, meaning that they hoped that the gods would bless themselves in the new year, and at the same time, it also had the meaning of removing the old and welcoming the new.
Until now, many people still follow the ancients and pay special attention to the time of pasting Spring Festival couplets.
However, because the customs of each region are different, many people choose to post couplets between 6 and 12 o'clock in the morning on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Because the yang energy is the most prosperous during this time period, after pasting it, I hope that the gods can come sooner, and good luck can also come sooner.
Maybe some people will be busy at home, and they may not have time during this time period, so they will choose the afternoon or a few days in advance, which is actually no problem.
But it should be noted that it is best not to delay, if it is postponed by one day, this will not reflect the meaning of removing the old cloth and the new!
Of course, in addition to sticking the Spring Festival couplets at the wrong time, it is more important not to paste them backwards......
Second, don't post it backwards!
Everyone should know that the Spring Festival couplets are divided into "upper, lower and horizontal batches".
When pasting Spring Festival couplets, some people often confuse the upper and lower couplets, or even paste them in the wrong place.
You know, when pasting the Spring Festival couplets, its position is very particular, if you accidentally paste the wrong one, then it is possible to make a joke.
In particular, some superstitious people will think that if the position of the Spring Festival couplets is wrong, the blessings of the coming year may be much less.
Therefore, when you paste a couplet, you must pay attention to not pasting it backwards!
Many people who have watched costume TV series know that when the ancients were writing, they wrote "from right to left".
Many Spring Festival couplets also maintain this way of writing when setting up the upper and lower couplets, placing the position of the upper couplet on the left and the position of the lower couplet on the right.
But with the change of the times, many people nowadays no longer write from right to left, but "from left to right".
It is precisely because of this that there are also some Spring Festival couplets that are set up, the upper link is on the left, and the lower couplet is on the right.
Maybe when you see this, some people will ask, "Since you can post it anywhere, how can you tell if it is reversed?"
In fact, it is very simple, before judging where the upper link and the lower link are pasted, we must first look at its "horizontal batch"!
Look at whether the horizontal batch is from left to right, or from right to left, if it is from left to right, the upper link should be on the left, and the lower link should be on the right.
On the other hand, if the sentence of the horizontal criticism is viewed from right to left, then the upper link should be on the right and the lower line should be on the left.
After judging the position of the upper and lower lines, the most important point is "how to determine which sentence is the upper link and which sentence is the lower line?"
This is actually very simple, just look at the last word of the upper and lower couplets of each couplet.
Generally speaking, the last word of the upper link should be a voice!
The so-called sound is what we often say to get words with three or four sounds.
And the last word of the lower link should be a flat sound, that is, the sound of one or two tones.
As long as you look at these two words, you can accurately and quickly distinguish which sentence is the upper link and which sentence is the lower link.
It is worth mentioning that some people like to paste the word "Fu" upside down, which means "Fu has arrived".
Although this meaning is very good, it should be noted that the "upside-down blessing" can not be posted everywhere!
Especially at the door of the house, the word "Fu" must be pasted upright!
You know, the gate is the entrance and exit of the family, and anyone must enter the house through the gate.
The words of the blessing are also meant to be "blessings into the house".
If you want to paste "Fu" upside down, then you can paste it on the wardrobe, refrigerator, and large tank...... This kind of place where there is space inside.
If you stick to these places, it actually means "blessing", and you can use these places with space inside to fill them with blessings.
So, everyone must pay attention!
3. Don't post even numbers!
In the hearts of many people, they think that if things are to be happy, they must be even.
As the saying goes, "Good things come in pairs!"
But when pasting Spring Festival couplets, this sentence does not apply.
Although it is good to be in pairs, some people believe that the homonym of the word "double" is very similar to "injury" and "mourning".
Think about it, at such a happy moment as the Spring Festival, it is always bad to have such a sound.
Therefore, during the Spring Festival, more people will prefer the singular.
And when the double number can actually be reflected in the number of words in the upper and lower lines.
You can take a look at the Spring Festival couplets at home, whether it is an upper or lower couplet, whether the number of words is singular!
Epilogue:
When pasting couplets, there is a lot of knowledge and exquisiteness.
But in any case, sticking Spring Festival couplets means our best wishes for the new year.
Finally, I would like to sincerely wish you all a "Happy New Year!"
Reference Sources:
[1] Official media CNKI - "Couplet Research from the Perspective of Cultural Linguistics"
[2] Official media People's Daily Online - "Welcoming the New Year: Appreciation of Calligraphy Couplets of the Past Dynasties"
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